How to Apply

Each form is in Word Format. To submit: open the file, answer the questions on each form or questionnaire, save the file to your hard drive, then send it back to the Cedarmere Foundation as an attachment to your email.

If you are unable to submit electronic versions of your completed forms, you may send four copies of each by regular mail. Also mail four copies of any supporting documentation you are unable to send us electronically.

The Proposal form requires two signatures, one from the Executive Director and one from the Board Chair. Please scan the completed, signed form and send it back to the Foundation as a PDF attachment to your email, if you are able to do so. If you are not able to do so, mail us one signed hard copy that includes the required signatures, but also be sure to send us an electronic version of the form without signatures.

The Cedarmere Foundation currently has only one grant cycle each year, which begins in March and concludes in early November with the awarding of the year’s grants. Applying for a Cedarmere Foundation grant is a two step process:

Each spring the board approves a list of organizations that will be invited to submit LOIs for the current year’s grant cycle. These organizations will then be sent a letter of invitation and will be asked to download the LOI form and an accompanying Questionnaire from our website, complete them, and return them to us as email attachments no later than May 1st. A Copy of your IRS determination letter must also be submitted, either by email or regular mail, at the time you submit your LOI.

By June 1st, organizations that have been selected to proceed to Step Two will be invited to submit full proposals to us. All selected organizations will be asked to download the Proposal form from our website, fill it out, and return it to us as email attachments, along with the requested supporting documentation. We must receive completed Proposals no later than August 1st. Please do not submit a Proposal unless your organization has been invited to do so. If your organization is invited to submit a Proposal, we may contact you in the early fall to obtain additional information and/or to schedule a site visit before making our final decisions. All applicants will be notified about our funding decisions by mid November of each year.

In addition to completing the Proposal Form, we ask organizations that have received a grant from the Cedarmere Foundation in the immediately preceding year to complete an additional short questionnaire about how they have used our previous grant. Follow the link to the Prior Grantees’ Questionnaire, save it to your hard drive, complete it and return it to us by email along with your completed Proposal Form.

Please see the Grant Proposal Procedures for a list of the required supporting documentation.